{"id":401539,"date":"2026-09-16T14:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/401539\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:24:07","slug":"ballot-measure-would-slash-florida-property-taxes-and-batter-local-budgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/401539\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballot measure would slash Florida property taxes and batter local budgets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"AEB5DBR4DJF4JOSTFTVNE7BVAY\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">One of the most controversial \u2014 and probably most consequential \u2014 choices facing Florida voters this fall has little to do with candidates running for office.<\/p>\n<p data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"L2JN2CKM6FHLJCG5BVS5ZX7HII\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">A proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Florida_Amendment_3,_Homestead_Tax_Exemptions,_Property_Assessments,_and_Spending_Restrictions_Amendment_(2026)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">constitutional amendment<\/a> could significantly reduce property taxes for many Florida homeowners, but some warn that the cuts might also lead to massive shortfalls in municipal budgets. The proposal has become the focus of town hall <a href=\"https:\/\/floridaphoenix.com\/2026\/09\/10\/sparks-fly-during-town-hall-debate-over-property-tax-cutting-amendment-3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" title=\"https:\/\/floridaphoenix.com\/2026\/09\/10\/sparks-fly-during-town-hall-debate-over-property-tax-cutting-amendment-3\/\">meetings<\/a>, multimillion-dollar ad campaigns, op-eds and news conferences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the most controversial \u2014 and probably most consequential \u2014 choices facing Florida voters this fall has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-401539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}